Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1858, Page 2

12 o'clock m.; otherwise they may net ap> the next day. SPIRIT OF THK MOR NING PRESS The Intelligencer is to-day devoted to news and Congressional proceedings. The Union announces the election of ex- Gov. L. W. Powell on Tuesday last, by the Kentucky Legislature, to the U. S. Senate for six years from the 4th of Mareh. 1849, and re- joices over the faet,ex-Gov. P. being a staunch Democrat. +e -—___—_ IC™ The people of Salisbury and vicinity are laboring ender great exeltement caused by the re-appearance of the small pox in their midst. > The darkies of Harrisburg, Pa.. are much enraged at the municipal authorities of Baltimor® because of the arrest of a wench for remaining longer ina slave territory than tbe law counte- nances. They take the affairtn high dudgeon. U7" The ice meu are in a serape this season Last January they were cutting great blocks a foot through, but the thickest we have had this season wonld not measure two inches. Look out for high prices uext summer. i> A New Haven editor had a present of a bunch of violets, grown in the open air, on the 4th instant, an unprecedented instance. Fruit trees are bursting into bud. Rose bushes are opening their buds. The weather is remarkable in all respects—but where is the ice tocome from for next suinmer’s “coblers.”” UF The “excitement”? raised in Mobile and New Orleans about Commedore Paulding’s con- duct, says the Alexandria Gazette, though osten— sibly In condemnation of that officer, appears to be, in reality, only an effort to ‘aid and assist” ‘Walker in some form or other in farther attempts against Nicaicgua. We hope the Government will stand firm in this matter. This ‘-excite- ment’’ will be temporary in its duration and lim- ited in extent. The great body of the “people” at the South are opposed to filibusterism in all its shapes. The ‘acquisition’ or ‘‘conquest”’ of Nicaragua, or any other foreign county, has no charms for them which can blind them to the obligations of public faith. U7 A correspondent says that when Donnelly made his late eseape from prison, in scaling the outer walls, he was set upon by the Sheriffs dog, but he grasped the noble brute in desperation and beat in bis skull. Yet, this was searcely done, ere the alarm bell tolled, and the court house yard was crowded with an excited throng. He mixed with the crowd and got away, but ‘was recaptured. He said to the officers, on his return, ‘* Gentlemen, if I had got on that vessel, all New Jersey would not bave been able to take me alive again. The men there would have sold their lives dearly, {T necessary."’ At another Pause he said : «‘ This little arrangement has cost a fortune. though it bas not cost me a cent.”? Donnelly is not in bad spirits, though he said : “tsn’t it too bad—such a failure, and I must die in four days '" Last Thursday his troubled father took his farewell of his unfortunate son. His assiduity and solicitude have been unremitting. Poor old man' After bis farewell leave, he would not take the cars, but walked from Freehold to Jamesburg, that he might, uninter: upted, mourn over his beloved son. Donnelly dies to-morrow. OE een RA UP Those fond of real, modern tragedy are following with eager attention a singular mur- der trial now going on at Evreux, France. The case is briefly this: $ A married man, of the name of Gillot, moving in good society, was suspected by Madame de Jeufosse of payinz improper attenttons to her daughter. She forbade him her house, where he had for some time a famitiar visitor. He tried to continue an intrigue with the daughter, of which he publicly boasted, by leaving letters for her by a certain tree in the park and near the chateau. His nocturnal visits to the park irrita- ted Madame de Jeufosse, a highly res, tableand noble lady. She ordered a failbinl servant to watch forhim with agun Her two sons seem to bave approved and confirmed this order. The servant obeyed orders, and shot M. Giilot in one of bis nightly visits. The wounded man died arter several hours of suffering and groan- ing within ear-shot of the chateau, withont re- ceiving any assistanée from its inmates, except a cop of water braught by one of the domestics Neither the lady wor het sons appear to regret their part in this tagedy. which smacks stranyge- ly, in modern civilized France. of old feudalism and of the last developmeuts of our own Kansas manners and customs. PERSONAL. ---. Hon. A. Shaw of lilinois is at Kirkwoods’ Captain J. J. Archer, U.S. A., is at Wil- Hon. J. A. Stewart and family of Mary- e at the National. «+.» Hon. J. Hammond (the newly elected Senator) and family, §. C., are at Browns’ ---. Wm. Brown, Esq., brother of the Post maste reral, Was shot on Saturday week, at Lis residence in Giles county. Mississippi. but by whom is unknown. Mr. Brown, though wound- ed im the face and hevd, is not fatally injured eine the assassin took two fires im. - John B. McPherson, Esq. died at Gettys- burg, Pa., on the 4th instant, in the 69th year of bis age. At the time of his decease Mr. McPher- #on was cashier of the Bank of Gettsburg, a post he has held since the organization of the bank in 1515. He was the oldest cashier and among the oldest bank officers in the country U7 The Siamese twins are on exhibition in New Orleans {7 The Post Office at Norfolk has been re- moved to the new Custom House i>~ Daring the past year 26 revolutionary sol- Giers have died, as have also 25 persoas of one hundred years and over. U7~ {t is stated that one of the risoners at Sing Sing died a few days since while undergo- ing a shower-bath punishment. f7"Celia Hitebeock, a Utica rostitute, 18 years of age, made an unsuccessful attempt at auicide on Wednesday. UF Jos. Loefuer, who committed the double murder in Cincinnati last July. has been sen- tenced to be bung en the 30th of April. The hop-drving house of Mr. Cherritree, at Middieburg, N.Y .. was, with ten tons of hops, entirely destroyed on Tuesday, of last week. ify Louis Bryent was murdered by a Pistol shot. in New Orleans, last week, at a house of ill-fame, by a man of bad habits, named Charles Carter. {7 A delegation of the Albany Burgesses Corps went to Syracnse on New Year's eve, to participate in a festival given by the Syracuse feys iL Wm. Ferguson, postmaste Mottville, Mich, was arrested on the 2d ins: b a special agent of the Post Office Department, for esnbez ing letters containing money. {[7- The Monroe County (N. ¥.) Circuit Cal- E So enormously heavy this term that two i ges sit to try cases, in separate apartments. ix hundred ewiprits are under indictment. A Convention of aed nin of grape-growers is to le Meriden, Connecticut P. to which are invited ali whe’ hens feteiet rape growi and wine imakj fra on ps le before the meet fez Agricultural Society 7 UF On the 16th ult., Capt. Sham) of Montville, Conn, went to his eapieseplin — from a — what he supp to he spir- ts, but it proved to be corrosive sub Se a Vi corrosr sublimate, and U7 A lottery enterprise bax been st: citizens of New Orient. for the parpost uty ing the opera on a firm footing. The manager Mr Bou ion, finds is finances straightened “the season baving ” # failure in onseq - the illness of the artists. - ay U7- In Philadelphia, on Saturday, the first triel of the new steam fire engine for the Phila- deiphia Hose Company was had, both in the nei; bborbood of the foundry where it was built, and at the corner of Wood and Fourth streets The experiment was perfectly successful. water having been thrown nearly two hundred feet. io The Cocos Islands will be annexed, it is paid, by England. Theyare situated in the en. trance of the Indian Ocean, on a direct route of the steamers fiom Ceylon to Suez and their po- —— ge fecilitate communication ween the ‘ mecemthe. a Archipeligo and the Island o iL ‘The dissension between the yaad ae, fo Sinaia, bas become quite slaty: ree hundred © i oe ee siéromta sca of the parish of ‘Adetter to two priests. in dian Lishops, tells them fo promote dissensions had better be in giv- to the poor. wre Mei that the money use among the chumhes, Jug food and raiment WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Tar New Territory oF Arizona.—A Me- moir of the proposed Arizona Territory, by Lt Mowry, Delegate elect, bas just been published, accompanied by a map from explorations by AS B. Gray and others. , The memoir gives a his- torical yeas hof Ariz banat in odbindtect5? from ancient Spanish and Mexiean récords, that it was once a flourishipg Spamish ¢olony, rich in agricultaral and mineral wealth. It proceeds to show, from official data—consisting of Reports of Col’ Emory, Gray. Lieut. Parke, Hon. J. R. Bartlett. and others—that the country, so far from being worthless and unfit for settlement, is in natural advantages one of the finest portions of our national domain. Upon this point, the.statements of the memoir are conclusive, and Lieut. Mowry is entitled to great credit for the manner in which he has presented the evidence upon this much-dispu- ted point. The claims of Arizona to an immediate Ter- ritorial organization are set forth in terms which admit of no denial. No statement is made without apparent full and reliable evi- dence of its entire correctness. The statistics with regard to the mineral wealth of Arizona, especially in silver, must attract extensive notice. Lieut. Mowry shows that the early statements of the Spanish popu- lation, as well as the predictionQof Humboldt and Ward. are more than fulfilled by the dis- coveries of the past two years. The population of Arizona is about 8,000. and is rapidly inereasing. The tide of emi- gration, which yearly sets toward the Pacific, will be greatly augmented the coming year by the disasters, in the commercial world, of 1857. This emigration must pass through Arizona, as the great route through the South Pass is closed by the Mormon war. Under the liberal induce- ments offered to settlers by the donation of mineral and agricultural lands of Arizona, pro- vided in the bill for its organization, a large population will settle in the new Territory, and give us at an early day a thriving and wealthy State on our Mexican frontier. The necessity for the early organization of Arizona seems to be admitted by all parties, and the bill will probably become a Jaw early in the session. Lieut. Mowry, who has been indefatigable in his labors to extend informa- tion in regard to the Territory, is laboring hard to be admitted to his seat as delegate, and claims to have been elected by a unanimous vote. Mr. Matiory’s Reso.ution.—Yesterday, Senator Mallory reported a resolution, from the Senate's Naval Affairs Committee, postponing somewhat longer the time within which the officers affected injuriously by the action of the late Naval Retiring Board may be restored to the service or advanced in position in it, as the case may be. We find that this movement is translated by some of the renominated and their friends to mean an effort on the part of the Department to obstruct the Senate's action on the cases of those gentlemen. Nothing could be more unfounded and unjust than any such suspicion. It was a step rendered nece:- sary by the desire of members of the Senate themselves to obtain the opportunity to look closely into the individual records of them (the renominated) ere passing on their cases. Our impression, after seeking information on the subject, is, that the Navy Department had nothing whatever to do with the introduction of the resolution Tue Extstine Srate or AFFAIRS IN Kax- sas.—In the midst of the current conflicting aceounts from Kansas. nothing is more diffieult than to be able to discriminate between the true and the false. On all sides prejudice and heated imagination serve so to misrepresent the truth, as that the most patient and cautious reader has great difficulty im knowing how much or how little to believo in the way of news from that quarter. Our friends of the Journal of Commerce are in the habit of de voting much more time- and labor to the duty of investigating Kansas accounts than we can possibly spare to that end: so we place much confidence in their judgment concerning them. Finding in their paper of the day before yes- terday a carefully prepared summary of the latest Kansas news, we spread it before the Stor s readers—as follows : Rerextant ann Non-Repextaxt Powrtt- cians —Itis known toall who have been familiar with the history of the ‘Topeka movement, that the promineat actors io that treason have acted uaiforsly under the advice publican politicians in the ether Northern States, and w: serving the interests of that polit tien, rather than with reference to nestion of freedom or slavery in Kansas. To this end they have not only initiated rebellion ayainst the government, and embraced every opportanity to prevent the execution of the laws, but Lave ab- stained from participating in the elections, when bef their own admission t ey had such a majority of the electors as to vive them the power to open the way for the establishment ote Free State government, and thus settle at once and forever, the vexed question, so lony agitated throughont the country, and still serving the purpose of po- litleal agitators Recent disclosures made by Charles Robinson, the pretended Governor of Kansas under the Te- peka movement, indicate a change of tacties among the patriots for whose benefit the Topeka machine bas thus far been worked, and a dispo- sition to abandon their attitude of rebellion, and take part hereafter in the elections ordered under the Lecompton Constitution A delegate con- vention of the Pree State men hax been in sexsion at Lawrence, on two or three different occasions, to deliberate on this subject, and at an adjourned meeting of thi» convention held on the 23d inst . “Gov.” Robinson in the chair, a warm debate was bad on the question whether the Free State men should vote for State otficers on the 4th Jan- uary. During a recess of the convention, a inass meeting was organized to cousider the same ques- ton. Majority and minority reports were pre- for the purpose, sented by committees chosen and Robinson is reported by the correspoudent of the Boston Journal, in whieh we find a very full wecount of the proceedings, to have spoken as follows : “He was ready to go as faras any man In re- sisting tyranny; but the people would not fight the federal troops now, 5 & if they would, it would be the height of folly. It would be like the bull that attempted to butt the locomotive offthe track, and was annihilated Had that bull pos~ sessed half so much discretion as valor, he would have torn upa rail or two with his horns, and let the locomotive run itself otf. (Laughter) so it might he razor for us to resist thix government after it should be established ; but it was the common sense course for us to rip up the rail, and let them run thentselres off the track. He said he had received letters from prominent fen ‘tor getting all the machinery and fo Sovernmest into our hands. He only desired to obtain o ion of that yovernmeut to kill ir, should Congress admit us under it, were never t qua fy or enter upon the duties of those oftices The question in this warfare was not whethir we si id seem consistent, but whether we should win and gain our rights.” ; According to the statement above seems (hat Lhe meu “in the North” who pull the wires for the Free State men in Kansas, have coneluded that it ix best not to fight the Federal troops, simply for the reasou thal “tike the bull that attempted to butt the locomotive off the track,”’ they would most likely be “aunihilated.”? This certainly evinces a large degree ot ; 00d Sense on the part of the Republican managers of stn affairs, who, afer all, seem to wet nearer Up to the adage that “dikeretion is the better T valor,”? than some of their adherents in the mace ket These fatter, it iy fair to presuine, peta eved that the constant advice and direc- on they have received. ax to shedding the blood of government troops, and ma’ amas free by force of arms. ; not put forth a seriously Intended, and given, it y for * by 7 ustain a desperate Politieal sent” Toes Gaal aversion now to exhibit vacillation whieh change ee teotrenmncss aad acha C8 would dicate, and & disposition 10 teslet ton Wome In Row, at whatever hazard. They believed wes the advice was Louesfly given, aud that the were really fizhtiog for f |, whereas they were only tivbting the battles of the Republican party in New York and other distant States. The @>bate both in the del ite convention and in the m#s¥ convention, ou this single point of voting f.. Scate otlicers on the 4th instant, seenis t) have been an augry and excited one. Thomas Ewing, Jr., son of ‘Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, spoke earnestly in favor of and read 4 letter from his father, recomme! that course, the other speaker’ who took the same Among pea! eld; Schuyler and others posed to voting Were also several earnest and infatuated speakers, who exercised all their abilities to keep the ex- z while longer 2x raed btn wo had been to Fort Scott qw Lane, gnd had a hand in the resist- oe Logh® Unit ates Marshal and his. posse, a f nd, and made the veiy ig. that “the question wheth S spe shall be resisted to sshe. longer open; for a federat of ficer has bee resisted and shot, while attempt. ing tomake arrests under the Rebellion Law # This announcement, we are assured. was received with applause. we are led to infer that the men there asseinbled were delighted with the im formation that ‘‘a federal officer bad been shot,?” while engaged in the discharge of his official du- ties. The patriots in Kansas are quite as unable to agree upon the best mode of resisting the Gov- eyoment, as their Reena prototypes in the ates. We are told, by the correspondent froma whom we have quoted, that the debate was per- sonal and violent. He says: ome “The heated diecussions to-day assumed a per- sonal character more than once, Somme rather se- vere passages at arms occurred between Governor Robinson and Messis. Thatcher, Walden, W hit- nan, and Phillips ”* It is not strange that men who have been rompted to violent measures and action against others, and whose arts have been characterized »y resistance to all lawfal authority, should be- come impatient of restraint even from their own litical friends, and resort to conduct unbecom- ng and disreputable on all occasions. There is a considerable tonch of chivalry among these lovers of freedom in Kansas. For instance, one Stratton, who came into the Con- vention fresh from the foray at Fort Scott and the killing of a United States Marshal (Mr. Ly- tles,) delivered the following precious bit of gas- conade: ‘““Wehave resolved long enough; the time has come foraction. The time bas come when, like Texas, we must rin up the lone star; and as we ean no longer get our rights in the Union, main- tain and defend them as a sovereign State out of the Union. (Great sensation, and applause from some parts of the hall.) ‘*A sovereign State out of the Union,’? then, seems to be the idea of the Lawrence Conven- tionists, comprising, as we suppose, the flower of the Black Republicans of that Territory. Tar Democracy or tne Norta —Yesterday we took occasion briefly to mention the fact that an effort to pledge a caucus of the Demo- eracy of the Legislature of Ohio against the policy of the President, on the subject of the admission of Kansas into the Union upon the Lecompton Constitution, had proved a signa! failure. To-day we find, from the Pennsy/- vanian, that the corresponding efforts to de- bauch the political integrity of the Demoeracy of Pennsylvania have also quite as signally failed. That journal says in that connection: ‘¢ The Democratic papers of this State are not only warm and zealons in the support of the Kan- sas platform laid down by Mr. Buchanan in bis message, but they are discussing the principles enunciated In that document with a mental force and ability, which must end in a most thorough and com Tete victory for the Democratic party in this State, if the opposition dare to make the support or rejection of the President’s Kansas icy an issue before the le. The attempt Lear ihe certain Alsaypalated men to ilslead and debanch the Democracy of Pennsylvania, to abolitionize the party and hand it over to the | Black Republicans, has most ‘‘signally and sig- nificantly’? failed. ‘The mine was sprung too a consequence the plotters have been the camp of the y with black- damaged reputations, and politi acters that serve as a warning to all over itious aspirants in the future’? Nomixatep.—We have every reason to be- lieve that the President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Captain Reynolds. for resto- ration to his former position of a paymaster in the army of the United States, from which he was dropped some time since under the im- pression that he was a defaulter, declared to be unfounded in the result of a long trial at law whereby he was adjudged to be the credit- or—not the debtor—of the Government. Some months ago, we explained.all these facts in de- tail. taking cecasion to show, at the same time, that the President and Secretary of War in their action upon Captain R.’s ease, had fairly earned the gratitude of all who desire to see the principle of striet justice invariably ad- ministered in the affairs of the General Gov- ernment. But for the fact that there has been no vacancy in the list of the paymasters in the service, the consummation of this meacure of reparation—Capt. R.’s re-nomination to the Senate—would not have been solong postponed evidently. . A Pressixe Necessrry —The necessity for the prompt enactment of the proposed increase of the Army of the United States is quite as prezsing. so far as the public interest is con- cerned, at this moment. as that for the iseue of Treasury Notes. The exigencies of the state of affairs in Utah make it imperatively necessary that the troops now in Kansas. or nearly the whole of them, shall proceed to the reinforce- went of Col. Jobuson’s command. with as little delay as possible; which. unless the proposed new regimenis aro immediately ordered by Congress to be raised, will leave that Territory entirely without effective military protection at a time, too, when the necessity for the pre:- ence of a considerable body of troops there was never before so great. Tar Amy 1x Uran.—The Seeretary of War is understood to have been very busy of late with the consummation of preparations to re- inforce the army in Utah at the earliest possi ble moment after the spring shall have opened His plans to that end were finally and fully con summated yesterday. That they will prove entirely effective, may be concluded from the success of his measures fur the repreasion of the threatened Indian hostilities in the vicinity of Silver Lake Minnesota Territory, and the completeness of the necessary arrangements for the present Utah campaign, as originally designed. Aw Asie any Ixteagsting Speecu.—We had intended to republish in ¢.rtenso the speech delivered by Mr. Robert Tyler, at the late meeting of the Democracy of Philadelphia, (in Jaynes’s Hall.) called to respond to the Presi- dent's annual message. But it turns out that our space at command will barely suffice to en- able us thus to call attention to it, as embracing one of the mest forcible defences of the posi- tion of the President and the Democracy, upen the question of the admittance of Kansas into the Union on the Lecompton Constitution, sa far called out by the extraordinary attitude assumed by Senator Douglas. No speech on the subject delivered in Congress, as powerful as some of them have been, will fall with more foree and effeet on the public mind. Tovcuine thew 1s a Pexpen Powt.—An impression is gaining ground, that the honora- ble House of Representatives are just now manifesting, individually, a lively sense of the disagreeability of an empty exchequer. On the 4th inst., some $425,000 is said to have been due to the members, as compensation, mileage, &c., of which the Sergeant-at- Arms had, so far, only managed to obtain about $50,000 to divide among them. Asa class. no other gentlemen stand more in need of all the “ ready’ legally due to them, and no others will bé more embarrassed by even the necessary delay until the new Tren- sury notes may be ready to be paid over to them. Bocus News.—It turns’out that the story, per telegraph, ofa battle between Jim Lane and his fellow outlaws of Kansas and the troops of the United States, wherein the latter were represented to have been defeated—tho begin- ning of the civil war'to earnestly urged—if not invoked—by Gov. Walker and Senator Doug- las, is a mere fiction. The St, Louis Repui/i- can of the 3d contains a. despatch from Boone- ville, reccived the day before, saying—‘‘A// i's quiet in Kansas!” PU Anaivep.—The newly-elected Senators from Minnesots (Messrs. Rice and Shields) have Feached Waghingtop. Their many friends wil} be glad to learn that they are in fine health. "we to enable them to take their seats in the Senate of the United States will very shortly be con- summated by Congree#: WE UNDERST. tbat there will be a morn- D urday next, commencifg at cl every suéceeding Sat y d The evening receptions wilf Tuesday mext at eight o clock, a place on each altrruate Tuesday. ~_ Cov MaNDER Cuatarp —We have reason to believe that active preparations for court-mar- tialing this officer shorily,are in progress at the Navy Department. Tar Wratuer.—The following report of the Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution. The time of observation is abdut 8 o'clock a. m.: JANTARY 7, 1658 Baltimore, Washington, D. C Richmond, Va.... Petersburg, Va Columbia, 8. C Charleston, 8.C Augusta, Ga Savannah, Ga Macon, Ga... Columbus, Ga Montgomery, Ala.. Lower Peach Tree, Al Mobile, Ala..... Gainesville. Miss . New Orleans, La FromTux West Cumberland. Md .-clear, pleasant. Wheeling, V. «clear, pleasant. Karometer at the Smithsonian, 30 338. Thermometer, on the Smithsonian tower, min- imam last night, 33°. +e -- CONGRESSIONAL. Thirty-fifth Congress—First Session. Ix THE Senate, yesterday, after we went to press, the balance of their day’s session was de- voted to the consideration of Executive busi- ness. They adjourned about 4 p. m In tHe Hovsr, Messrs. Sickles and Gilmer de livered hour speeches in the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on filibuster- ism Mr. Bliss addressed the Committee against the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case. Mr. Haskin addressed the Committee in de- fence of Commodore Paulding. 4 Several other members made conversational re- marks upon the filibustering question ere the Committee rose. And then the House adjourned. Proceedings of To-day. Ix Tne Senate, to-day, the credentials of the Mon. James Hammond, elected from South Caro- lina to be a member of that body, in place of the late Judge Butler, were presented; and Mr. H. took his seat. Mr. Seward presented a memorial of citizens of Canandaigua, N. Y., praying for practical legis- jJation by which he people of the North may co- operate with those of the South to extinguish He ery—by compensation for the slaves, &c. On motion of Mr. King, the President was re- quested to furnish copies of the correspondence and dispatches from our Ministers to England, France, and other Powers, on the subject of the dangers to emigrants, arising from contracting with irresponsible parties in Europe for their inland passage In Tuk House, in the course of the reading of the journal, the following géntlemen were an- nonnced as having been appointed by the Speaker on the select committee to inquire into and re- port on all the circumstances attending the sale of the Government’s Fort Snelling propery, viz: Messrs. Burnett, Morris of ILL, Morrill, Paulk- ner, and Pettit The Chair also announced his appointment of Mr. Crawford, of Ga , on the Ways and Means Committee, in the place of Mr. Banks, resigned. Mr. Jones, cf Tenn , moved that when the House adjourned to day, they would adjousn over until Saturday. to-morrow being the Sth of January. 1: was then moved to amend that resolution by sutking ogt Saturday and inserting in lieu thereof Mouday next ; agreed to The yeas and pays on agreeing to the amended resolution were being taken as the Star's Teport Went to press. --—_____~-2+e——___- FURTHER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. By. the Atiaatic at New York. Great Briraix President Buchanan’s message attracted great attention in Engiand. It was telegraphed entire from Liverpool to some of the London journals. being the longest despatch ever sent by telegraph in Ragland The London Times, im its view of the Mes- sage, contines itself to two topies—the financial crisis and the Central American questions. it coustrues Mr. Buchanan's remarks on the former uestion into a tribute to the monetary system of ta sland, and recommends thes to the attention of its readers, that they may see how the system ‘eurrency. which bas been so pertinacionsiy attat ked at home, is viewed by the most enlight ened men of another country. On the Central Atnerican question, the Times says : “We have much pleasure in receiving the as- surance from Mr. Richman, that the interests of the countries are identical, being conflued to se- curing a safe transit over all the routes across the Isthmas. Let the American Government give proof of this and we are sure that nations will be speedily settled Common sense must tell the Americans that ia these questions we are strietly on the defensive, and the most inveterate de- claimer against England cannot deny the conci!- jatory spirit in which she has treated them. But we can hardly be asked to give wp the treaty of 1850 without 4 guarantee that all its important Pp ovisi ns shall be re-enacted, and the whole se- ties of irritating disputes brought forever to an end The London Post lands the Message generally and says : ‘This great State paper, both from the friendly spirit which it breathes to foreign nations—from the determination which it expresses to put down the arch-heresy of Mormonism, and to re- press the iniquities of filibusterism is highly creditable tothe tnoderation, judgment, and pub- lic spirit of Mr, Buchanan.”* The Daily News praises the frankness of the fo-eign policy of the President, and says that— “In tone and feeling, as regards England noth- ing can be more unobjeetionable than the lan- guage of Mr. Buchanan's Mesxage.”” It also endorses his views on the commercial crixix, but says that the shuffling tone of the Message on the affirs of Kansas is in painful contrast with the frauk and = tone of that portion which treats of foreign policy The London ‘Times says it is understood that the East India Company have received formal notice that it isthe intention of Government to bring im a bill for the abolition of the double government ‘The “emia Saw trent organ) says this statement is substantially correct. Farther attempts to launch the Leviathan were postponed until the spring tides at the commence- ment of January. The reren tc power was to be yore than doubled ‘The ship remained even and fair on the ways, and at high tide had nearly six feet of water under he; "The report of an intended alliance between the tuce of Orange and the Princess Alice of Eing- land tn said to be totally without foundation. Kumors of Ministerial changes were again in ci entation. The London Advertiser anderstands that Mr. Vernon Smith will leave the Board of Control and be succeeded by Sir C. Wood; and that should Mr. Smitn retire, his patron, the Marquis of Lansdowne, will probably withdraw from Ministerial life. Mr. James Coppor ks, the celebrated parliamen- tary agent, is dead The London Times continues its agitation in favor of importing free laborers to the Went India Islands Serax The Espana of Madrid denounces, with some vehemence, the supposed project of the United States against Cuba, and accuxes President Bu- chanan of —- encouraging them. With reguid to the popemes for purebasing the Island, which ft says the new Minister of the United States (who is about to arrive in Madrid) Ts expected to make, the Emperor declares thet Spain cannot entertain it withvot dishonor. That the United States will seize the first opportmnity either ‘+ by piratical expeditions or exciting in surrection, or any other mode whatever,’ of pocsraslly themselves of the Island, the Espana joes not doubt, and it complains that under such circumstances the Goverament displays a great want of caution, and an inexplicable security. The intellige pl, Le still represents ie Inte! nce from Ger. y the financial embarrassments as very great, al- bough it'was thought that the crisis was deci. dedly approach us termination oper uction of the Austrian atiny was pro- ce ‘ing with great raeaity j Ia vi of fact that it was unlikely thatthe King of Prussia would beable to resume b v~ erning tunctions at the expiration of the three months. dosing wblel the Prince of Prussia was inted to the conduet of affairs, the question ow the Government should be carried on was claiming attention. Official communications from ‘create a Regency, and it was supposed that “ex- traordinary powers’ would be conferred on the Prince of Prussia An Imperial issued, providing for the rial it of Ladi Th instit rtant chan the coe try and landed me de Jenfosse, o sand Her ne- Keeper, for the nvur- uillot, had termimafed in the acquittal prisontis. The aifsir was a very compligated ‘one>-aad attracted great attention thronghout France. ~ It was stated (but contradicted by the Patrie) that the Emperor, in conseguence of representa- tions made by England, bad consented to submit the question of the exportation of 1oes from ‘onference, Africa, to the French Colonies, to a to bé Beld in London Ad Teraisiz Tracenx—A Youxs Max Mur- DERED at THe Sceere Taste —The neighbor- hood of Providence, in New Kent county, was thrown into a state of great excitement last Sat- urday night. by the announcement of the startling fact that Mr. Jas. Grant, son of Mrs. Cecelia Grant, had been murdered rulpsition, with bis mother and tamily at their supper table. The murderer effected his diabolical P urpose by shoot- ing at and killing Mr Grant through the win- dow. Onr informant states, that when be left the scene yesterday morning a Coroners Inquest was ‘about being held, and the impression pre- vailed among the neighbors that the murder was perpetrated by one of Mrs. Grant's negroes. We understand that on the Sunday night previons, Miss Grant, the only sister of the deceased, was shot at throngh the door of the house, but not in- jured. her clothes breaking the force of the leaden Missiles. Soon after the occurrence she became so alarmed that she fied to a neighbor's, a dis- tance of two miles, where she remained for sev- eraldays. Mrs. Grant is in independent cireum- stances, and had but two children. Abont one month ago her house was fired and burned, with the greater portion of its contents. Dark ramo s are afloat as tothe cause ef the commission of these deeds, but we do not feel et liberty to give them publicity —Richmond South. DonNeLvy to AXECUTED ON Frivay —Tle warrant of Governor Newell, granting a stay of execution in the case of Donnelly from the Sth to the 13th instant, has (says the Newark Mercury of the Gth) never been signed, although it was the Governor's intention at one time to doso. Upon a more careful examination of the constitution, it is doubtfol what the clause, under which this power is derived, means. After advice, the Gov- ernor has come to the conclusion not to sign the warrant of reprieve: consequently, Donnelly will be executed on Friday. The escape of Donnelly wax undoubtedly ef- fected through the complicity of some of the in- mates at the jail, but it is now very evident that his last chance for life is gone. There ix some- thing which excites our commisseration in the circumstances of hisescape and arrest. Through the long night he was once again a free m: skulking along bis way, it is true, but still ho) fal snd bospent: There might be in some other land, if he could but escape there, a career better than the past had furnished. But the re-arrest— hqw bitter must that have been' With whata fading out of ail the material world must he have entered again bis cell! There ix now shadowed forth to bim but one object—and that the scaffold. VioLatiox oF THE Post Orrice Law.—Sheriff Eddy, of McHenry county, Illinois, has been held to bail on the charge of intercepting and epening a letter placed in the mail by Henry J White The tice, which is understood to be com- mon with police officers, of taking suspected let- lers from the post office and opening them, is clearly in violation of law, notwithstanding it may sometimes be the means of detecting crimi- nals, and the officer who takes the responsibility of so doing, must also take the hazard which be thereby incurs. DiscRacreruL.—The Cincinnati Commercial ix informed by a member of the Humanitarian So- ciety that, in addition to being branded on the left hip a number of soldiers of the Newport, (Ky.) Barracks, received fifty lashes each on their backs, on Tuesday morning, and were then drummed out of camp. TWO LARGE FRUIT CAKES to be ont i on Saturday, Those who want something nd uiee send to the ae Store and J. FUSSEL Corner 12th and F THE UNDERSIGNED hereby notifies tte t Bublie that he has resigned hix stewardship of the Wesley Zion Church, (Colored.) He would request ali persons having bills @ginst said Chureh. contracted by him, to present such bills prior to August Ist, 125 Ite JON LEE, Sr. ta ee q SECOND LECTURE on POPULAR AND HISTORICAL SONG, Br Cas. Mackay, of London, Author of English Songs and Editor of ‘the Iu trated London News, will be delivered at t! PHiLHaRMonic HaLt, adjoining Star office, Peni rylvanm avenue, on SATURDAY EVENING, january 9, 1858. Doors open o'sloek: the Lecture tocommence isely. on 2 ceuts Tickets to be ob- at 20'cloe Prige of adm at Metzerott’s Music Store, at Maury’s, and at the Hotels. tained at the Hall, Messra. Taylor & jan? 3t BANK OF WASHINGTON, January 5, ee Te eid are have thi 'y deciared dividend of three per cent. e the Iasi six months, out of the prokts of the jank. payable to stockholders on demand. jan 6 2¢ JAS. ADAMS, Cashier. LEC TURES.—On and FRIDAY EVE- Sthand eth. Dr. J.J Hayes wl! re on “Arctic Explorations,” The public are invited, en 6-Sta ATTENTION. MONTGOMERY GUARDS ‘ow are hereby notified to meet THURSDAY EVENING, the Tthinst. Punctunl attendance ix oatled for, as busi- ness of importrnce will be transacted, By order of Capt. Key: jan 5-3t THOMAS McHENRY, Sec. OKPHANS’ FAIR REMOVED ro IRON ' HALL, PA. AVENUE.—The inclemency of the weather hsving prevented many persons, who were anxious to do so, fiom attending the Fair at Odd Fellows’ tall, the managers have been pre- vailed upon to continue it fora few days more, and it will be opened at Iron Hall. The articles for sale are marked down at the lowest possible prices, and the patrouage of the charitable is earnestly solicived. Nearly one hundred and pfty orphan giris are d pending u; the result of this effort te proow what 1s lutely necessary fer their ee wants. jan 5 FFICE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE if 3 COMPANY OF COLUMBIA. V INGTON, December 22, 1857. rovisions of the cherte: THE DISTRICT OF Managers publish the condition of the Company, ax follows A nt of premium notes . $72,319 Amount of cash on hand..... 02... 8,130.08 Amount of} sduring past year. 1.07322 Notice is also given that the annual meeting of the members o the Company will be held at this office on Monday, Jaruary 18, 1858, at 10 o’clook a. m. when an election will be held for seven managers, to serve for the ensuing year. By order of t : jan i-eott ETA. WILSON, See's. Jan 4-e06t METROPOLITAN MECHANICS’ IN- \ STITUTE.—Members are reeuested to pay their anouai dues to the uudersigned, or to Lawis on their term of H. JANNEY. Wrist, Esq. They are now grace. . “3s d 2-eo2w Financial Secretary. DR. POPE, ' Homeopathic yoyese tan and Surgeon, De Menou or Chain Buildings, No. 376 H street, north side, between !3th and l4t di9 eosm f iCK CREAM, of the purest Cream. at $1.50 nm; Water Ices, Cakes of \- riety ined vivian: Jellies, Chariotte de Ruse, Blanc in the Gonfoshonery linet ai tho FANLERBR REET. in the Confeetionery line, ° aL, Ick CREAM STORE, corner 12th and F streets. m Corpowation OF WASHINGTON Quar- for sale terly 6 per cent. Stock ie AGEL it. jan 7-A3t__Auctioneer & Conimission Merchant. OR SALE LOW.—Two good SPRING WAG- wD aadheeertay tips oo ae a . re old, wi ™ wl,” Apply to ROBERTSON Act, Sie. Fasceent ty Greanewn: Pee S GOSHEN BUTTER. Just ed, 20 GOSHEN BU TER, which T will Ce as ambos Dlantens dhing tn hel wevtaaie eodlgeee aatinan iv he eee ie GEO. THUS SUL WARE jan 7 3t* City Market. corner 12th and H sts. NLY THREE CENTS. I would call the attention of Gentlemen who evod and echenp CIGAR. to an article whieh pe ing for three cents, or aM. T! ace gaining rapidly in pallic vor, and are bel ane ep hte ae for — the price, u myself, and know they pere Havana Tobacco." tt* HE REASON WAY.—A careful many t 80 cents: f ee is by on receipt of nine:y see in 1n the Valley; M: i i pBrostapluou and Histerien Sketches: by Macan- ise? Appleton's R i t i Panch’s Pooket Wook of Euindn do. 50 ote. The Biographical History of Philosophy, from its Origin in Greece down to Bears ewes; 1 volume, $2.75. whe samme in? - wi s Just published and at. i tie Tati Se A MAURY S ow 4 i : ‘every ~ PR Lea aoe ea Tiss H ‘Tender thisene eft be fe the Ladies, under éahmente will these Of U. H. Ridenour, Confectioner, 1 bus style. *s String Band is engaged. Tine Bali wal be opened at 9 o'clock ty a Grant Promenade, with the accompany ine Maren, composed express:y for thin by Prof. Pros- peri, and dedicated to the Priuters of Washington. \ hats or caps will be allow+d mm the room. 7 Gentlemen desiring Invitations tr Ladies will please hand in their names te mny member of the Executive Committee. Wm. 8 Moreee Jobe P. Beternan Thee. Reception Commitier—4W ite Rosette.) . Cogewell B.C, Wr ght B. Tuorn Rich iP. J.*, Hamacher i as ©. K, Leven F @ewr y BecPievson Ce Bek 4 ©. Whaley ¥. Famemton Heim W. H.C. Breggeman James Charles Cropier Chee K. Orne Jas. D Cheat BeNeir Joba J. Johnson Milter Cla ke ye . Brows A.J Ap leby Joe Mattingly GW. Bat ‘&. Mites Chas, J Canfield Jobn Metetue Robt. Peomsn = Sse n | Mu phy F Borser Floor Manazers— Red Rosette.) Wm. L. Jones Wm. M Belt ‘Sam"l P. Robertron FM. Detweter Charles Schell tt amuel Cu verwel? Tickets, admitting a gentieman and ladies, TWO a1, ; to be obtained of any member of the Pxecnien Cito saat toe ost os te cver inz of the Ball. jen 7 qe EON. (Late Coomes’ Hatt.) Meo» Pennsylvania avenue Ae The above piace has been entirely renov: and arranced with now stage scenery, soate, &o., 0x pressiy for the Minstrel business, ender the direc tion of JOHN W. LANDIS, is now open for the Winter season with LAN OPERA "TROUPE, Com twelve talented . sT. IN THE PROFESSION, he Il give the table perfecmaness nightiy oman apn Bonss, Buriosquen t egro Eco n t , &c. 4 iA tirand Performance every SATURDAY AF TERNOON, at so'ciock, wart metre Fy = a open at 6X o'clock; ¢ . comaence at 5 O'S: R. COOMBS, Treasurer. Lex Mattory. Business Agent. yan 4-tf GRAND COTILLUN PARTY OF taaeize THE COLUMBIA CLUB. The the Columba. take great leasure in suncui to their fra ard he public that their Tren Graxp Co; x Patty of the season wil] be civen st > a NPA cisterna and Indies. By order ine COMMITTEE. Hoek TO WHOM HONOR 15 DUE. FOURTH GRAND BALL ishere Terpsichore Club. The members of the Terpsichore Ciub most re- spectfully annource to their end: Di f dl th. b! enoral t they wit . one of their GRAND BA LS at Odd Fei ail, Nm ran eee ee THURSDAY. EVENING, January 7,188; the proceeds to b ropristed to erecting a'mon ment te the memory vf iC. Green who lost his life in the discharge of his duty ax eaman, Tickets ONE QOLLAR, to be liad of any of the members of the Clab. Moet Leow gene no ate oe caps allowed in the exer worn he Ota. Withers’ cel band has been ed. As there ze wed are epetveds issued, we most cordially invi' or COMMITTEE TERPSICHORE CLU _ jan 2,3,5,6,7" pani d3k esiicdintnana en NNIVERSARY Ok CER BATTLE oF ‘be UNION . age Em ua announcing to their friends, milr ‘crvic, that the:r Third Annual Bali will take s et the eae, MBLY ROOMS. ON T sHTH OF JANUARY. The Union Guards pledge themseives to spare nr. to make this equai if not superior to their last 1, which was 60 well prtroni: : .¥ their frends, militas a civic. ‘Eeputa’s Celebrated Band is engaged for the oocn- “Refreshments and Supper will be served by an ex- uenced caterer. Tickets, UNE DOLLAR; admittirg Gentieman en ‘No hats worn in the Ball Room except by the Mi: itary. no Committee of Arrangements. un Bright, aattormaster Fisherty, her, Soreomt jacks, reenn oan Hare, Serzeant Dooly. 7 ANTED.— 4 GIRI. to do the general work sf a house. Siave preferred. A at 3 street north, Capito! Hu, 2 < ated ANTED-—Wy a Young Woman, situation as Cook in a private family. Good references Address A. N., nt this office. jen 6-2" COLORED SE Cooking and Hi references required. 255 Pa. avenne, between 12th jan6 2t* A WIFE WANTED.—She moat be between (7 and 25 years old. and she must bo a good sean. Streas. One that has no children, or ever was mar- ried. Ruch a one will fied: good hushand. He ix not rich or handseie, but his treatment and good uct towards a wile is his guarantee [le can eanily make from six to nine hnndred dollars» year. ddress a letter to Daniel Price, Star ©) ing where an interview can be had. The mos secresy will be kept. pene Dadian a Ee tine NG Wwarrey IMMEDIATELY .—Several White Men (without families) to work one Farm, & miles trom the city. References required. Ap to8. Se MPHREY, corner 444 and south N etreets. ian 5-4t* WANTED. IMMEDI and aHOUSE, with five o ina t aiett room, PP'y te NTED to dothe ork Of ® sroall fe prly io J. WAGN aod 13th streetr. ATELY —A furnished x chambers, parions. 0. 161 Browns’ Hotel. WANTED SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND LLARS, for th geoneits wil te given te Real Beco ee mpien ‘enn avenue, between Sth and ivth st: this office. i cieihcte is ak ook! aes OO WANTED TO HIR E.—$3.000, for the term of 5 years, red ved La , Bores .by ndeed of trust. ituated near u yo " terest paid annua'ly. Any one hing to invest Yiow punbe bed.” Tatami men neseenaes oa ynter le pau ferred. Binet 4 just an ELLIGENGCE N&Qtice The r a A iagh i: 2 OF hg FERAL yb Na, street, between 6th and 7th. ext te Todd's Hat Store, and oppusite Bank of Waetar. ton, requests the citizens of Washington to giv him encouragement. ‘The subscriber's obiect ts t seeure com servants to wur citiz me, and toe fr suitable piaces for Servents who come Well recen:- mended. Such as desire employment, and such aa are inneed of 8, shonid give me acai! ‘&* S00n AS Convenient. OME GILLIiss. d7-im* i —_—_—_—_——————— eee I ADIES’ B NET COMBS; also Took 4 Dressing, ? > ous lel. a, tt Side, and fine ivory © ‘ jan 6-3t _jan6-3t LAMMON D'S, Ith st. ae taal act CLAIRVOY ANCE. Manan CENESR PRICE, Nature! Chur Yoyant, respeotiully informs the Ladies and Gent!» men of Washington, at the t splicitation «! { is. she has return rom geod my} My calls oF on Business atters from 3a. m.ty © ? mueaes “3 reet, for a short time only. SOMETHING NEW FOR TRE LADIES. red from Hair and Fish Soal Bracelets, » E . Head # . pena warn eaane™ Aint aoe he Tne shove let sel tesstitel coade nen tow for sale at the New Vork Fancy Store, No. # between 7th and 8th streets janéét* iw 158 opposite Centre Market. FLOUR aNb PRODUCE WaRKHOYSE. ndersigned tore enie— Extre FLOUR from sie Valet Superior do. do, do, BUTTER: TURKEYS. “CHICKENS oF 2 feo al kn of Country a i HARTLEY & SON, ___No. 3% Umon Al LA rece! N and Music 20 SEES wetini uve ra. aveNve bes Oh streets, pba ’. og this month, in order oom 5 RTt MONAIES, PURSES, CABAS 6. M W, EE Se